Gas-burner



W. H. LNDSAY.

Gas Burner,

No. 13,239; Patented Sept. 29, 1357.'

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. LINDSAY, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

GAS-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 18,289, dated September 29, 1857.

T0 (ZZ whom 2'75 may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM H. LINDSAY, of the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Gas-Burners, and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the use of certain defiectorswith a fish tail or other burner of suitable construction for producinga more perfect combustion of the gas with an increased intensity oflight.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction which will be readily nnderstood byreference to Figure 1, which is a front vertical view with thedefiectors and ring or socket for holding and adjusting them in section;Fig. 2, plan of the ring or socket for holding the defiectors by meansof the set screws a a, with ears c c, on the interior, keeping itconcentric with the socket of the burner B; Fig. 3, side view of theupper end of one of the deflectors; Fig. 'J:, face of the ordinaryburner; Fig. 5, face of the burner as employed by me.

The angle pieces or defiectors C D, rising above and almost immediatelyover the orifices or slit in the burner B, are adjusted in the socket orring E by means of the set screws a a, at or about right angles with theline of flame from the burner, between which and the socket of theburner their lower ends are inserted, or a slight steel spring at tachedto their lower ends and pressing against the burner socket or the ringwill answer the same purpose. By these means they can be adjusted withease, so that the flame may be increased in breadth which decreases theheight, or vice versa, simply by hinging their ends over the burnercloser and farther apart. I make them of brass, yellow metal, or othersuitable material.

The burner I prefer employing is of the description known as the Scotchor English tip screwed into the burner socket B, which I fashion on theface to the form shown in Fig. 5; by filing it away from the originalcircular form in which they are made as shown at Fig. 4, which I find tobe a great inprovement as by its means I am enabled to produce a flatflame without horns or jets protruding from it and a clearer and betterlight. I also find it of advantage to shape the upper ends of thedefiectors somewhat after the manner shown in Fig. 3.

I do not confine myself to the particular or precise form or arrangementof the several parts as herein described and shown, as the same may bemodified in various ways which I claim doing while producing resultssubstantially the same.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The application to a gas burner or burners of angular pieces ordeflectors or the equiva lent thereof, for the purpose of increasing thelight derived from one or more streams of gas issuing or escaping from agas burner or burners of any suitable construction, by altering anddirecting the current or currents of gas and the form of flame.

VVILLIALI H. LINDSAY.

lVitnesses EDMD. ELMENDORF, J r., JAMES M. RANKIN.

